Ahead of CZC meet, Shah accorded warm welcome in PM constituency
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Varanasi: Led by Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
, scores of
BJP
workers accorded a warm welcome to union home minister
Amit Shah
in Varanasi on Monday.
Shah is in the city to attend the Central Zonal Council meet on Tuesday.
Jubilant BJP supporters gathered along the road from the airport to the Varanasi highway to welcome the home minister.
When the fleet of Shah started progressing towards the highway from the airport, the leaders and workers from Pindra, Sevapuri, and Rohaniya assembly areas, who represent five rural assembly constituencies of the district, showered rose petals amidst chanting of slogans like Har Har Mahadev.
BJP leaders and supporters had gathered on both sides of the roads at Gilat Bazar and showered flower petals to welcome Shah.
When Shah's fleet reached Lahurabir, the party workers, especially from the City South assembly, started blowing conch shells and playing damrus amidst flower petal showering. This scene continued till Shah's fleet reached the Kaal Bhairav temple after crossing the Maidagin area. Shah and Yogi kept greeting the people and party supporters by joining or waving hands.
During his stay at the Kaal Bhairav temple, Shah performed Aarti of the deity and sought blessings.
Kashi region unit president Dilip Singh Patel said that party workers expressed gratitude to Shah for giving the honour to the city for hosting the CZC meet. After the G20 meeting, getting the opportunity to host the CZC meet is a matter of pride for the city as it is the first meeting of the zonal council, which is being organised in any non-state capital city, said the BJP leader.
From the Kaal Bhairav temple, Shah reached Hotel Taj to host dinner for Tuesday's CZC meet participants, including Yogi, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, and Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai, who had already arrived before Shah reached Varanasi.
Two ministers from each state and around 100 senior officers from different ministries and departments, who will take part in the proposed meeting, also attended the dinner.
In view of the stay and movement of VIPs, three-layered security arrangements were ensured by police officials by deploying around 5,000 police and paramilitary personnel.
Additional forces had already arrived by Sunday evening and, following detailed briefing, they were deployed for security exercises, crowd control, and ensuring strict implementation of traffic diversions planned on the routes of movement of VIPs.
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